Speedway Stout - Double Coffee | AleSmith Brewing Company

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T: Very strong earthy coffee flavor with assertive bitterness and a pronounced dark chocolate presence. Alcohol is more apparent here than in the regular version and it seems to clash a bit with the bitterness. Roasted grains meld with a light licorice presence.

M: Full body with upper medium carbonation. The mouthfeel is chewy, sticky, and smooth with notable warming on the palate. There's a little astringency, presumably from the extra coffee.

Overall: Good, but the coffee flavor is stronger than I'd like, though that's not unexpected.

A: Impenetrable brown, darkish film of brown head which recedes to a ring and some swirls layered on the surface of the beer. The head is exceptionally fine, like espresso foam, and persists for the entire glass. Some lacing. Very good for the style.

S: Big coffee aroma with a little sweetness.

T: Decadent, rich, dark coffee, with a longish, slightly off dry and bitter finish. The taste is mostly coffee, not a lot of chocolate or malt, but somehow doesn't feel one-dimensional.

M: Medium carbonation and full body. The carbonation adds a velvet smooth mouthfeel to the full body. Leaves a little sticky residue on your lips. No alcohol is evident.

O: Delicious and very drinkable. They hit the sweet spot here in terms of being more coffee forward than regular Speedway, but not crossing the line (as I think Kopi Luwak did). There aren't quite the supporting flavor that regular Speedway has in terms of chocolate or malt, but again, it doesn't feel one-dimensional.

Drinkability is moderate, coffee is super strong and abv is well-masked but lurking in the background, this one is up there with Founder's breakfast stout for the most flavorful coffee stouts I've tasted, I sure hope to see this in bottle form sometime in the future